Pathobiology Celebrates Research with Donors, Student Award Winners

On Friday, Aug. 25, five PhD students and two master’s degree students were recognized for their research at the annual Voss Pathobiology Graduate Student Research Expo at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

The 2017 Voss Research Expo was made special because Dr. Edward W. Voss. Jr. and his wife and daughter, Virginia Voss and Cathy Voss Treiber, were able to attend the event. Dr. Voss is a former professor of microbiology and director of the Cell Science Center at the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He served at Illinois for 31 years before retiring in 1999.

In 2004, Ed and Virginia established the Voss fund to recognize graduate students’ research in the Department of Pathobiology. The awards have been made to innovative students each year since.